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The Phantom of the Opera

Full-Length Musical, Drama  /  9w, 13m

Book and lyrics by Ken Hill
Arrangements and incidental music by Alasdair MacNeill

Music by Offenbach, Gounod, Verdi, Boito, Dvořák, Bizet, Weber, Donizetti and Mozart
Based on the novel by Gaston Leroux

Gaston Leroux's classic tale of tragedy, grand opera, romance and horror has been masterfully adapted by Ken Hill.

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    9w, 13m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
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  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14-18)

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Summary

Gaston Leroux's classic tale of tragedy, grand opera, romance and horror has been masterfully adapted by Ken Hill, the author of Mummy's Tomb and The Curse of the Werewolf (also handled by Samuel French), into a musical play which preserves all of the excitement and passion of the much-loved original, underscored by a strong current of comedy as well. The Phantom, born with a monstrously disfigured face but the voice of an angel, haunts the Paris Opera House and falls in love with Christine, a young chorus girl. He terrorizes the management in order to further Christine's career, while preying upon her childlike innocence to force her to love him in return. But Raoul, Christine's true love, intends to fight for her to the end ... The magnificent score is based upon original arias from the operas of Verdi, Gounod, Bizet and others, delightfully arranged by Alasdair MacNeill.

History

The Phantom of the Opera by Ken Hill premiered at Duke's Playhouse Lancaster on July 26th, 1976. It differed from later version in having a modern score in addition to excerpts from Faust by Charles Gounod. A subsequent join production by the Newcastle Playhouse and the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, opened on April 3rd, 1984, with arrangements and incidental music by Alasdair MacNeill and the original modern score removed. Another production opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre on December 18th, 1991.

Cast Attributes
Keywords
Jammes
Richard
Rémy
Debienne / The Groom / The Gravedigger / The Old Man / Mauclair / The Priest
Raoul
Mephistopheles / The Persian
Faust
1st Stage Hand
Madam Giry
Christine Daaé
La Carlotta / Dominique / The Chorus Girl
The Phantom
Lady in Box / Lisette
2nd Stage Hand
  • Time Period 1900-1910
  • Setting

    The Paris Opera House

  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

“Hill hits perfect pitch: at once melodramatic and irresistibly chucklesome.” - City Limits

“... honed to hilarious perfection...” - What's On

Music

1. “Welcome, Sir, I'm So Delighted” – Debienne, Rémy, Faust, Mephistopheles, Richard, Raoul & Jammes
(“Jamais, foi de Cicerone” from La Vie Parisienne by Jacques Offenbach)

2. “Accursed All Base Pursuit of Earthly Pleasure” – Faust
(“Maudites soyez-vois” from Faust by Charles Gounod)

3. “How Dare She!” – Raoul
(“O inferno! Amelia qui!” from Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi)

4. “Late Last Night I'm in the Cellars” – The Groom
(“Son lo spirito che nega” from Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito)

5. “All of My Dreams Faded Suddenly” – Christine
(“Mĕsic̆ku na nebi hlubokem” from Rusalka by Antonín Dvořák)

6. “While Floating High Above” – Phantom
(“Je crois entendre encore” from Les Pêcheurs de Perles by Georges Bizet)

7. “She Says She's Got the Nodules” – Faust, Carlotta, Richard, Rémy, Jammes, Debienne, Stage Hands, Christine & Lisette
(“A Paris nous arrivons en masse” from La Vie Parisienne by Jacques Offenbach)

8. “What Do I See?” – Christine (Carlotta)
(“Que vois-je là?” from Faust by Charles Gounod)

9. “To Pain My Heart Selfishly Dooms Me” – Phantom, Raoul & Christine
(“Adieu! Je ne veux pas te suivre, Fantôme” from Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach)

10. “Ah! Do I Hear My Lover's Voice?” – Faust & Christine
(“Ah! C'est la voix!” from Faust by Charles Gounod)

11. “No Sign! I See No Sign!” – Debienne, Richard, Raoul, Rémy, Dominique, Faust, Lisette, Stage Hands, Jammes & Madam Giry
(“Du weißt daß, meine Frist” from Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber, and “Rè dall 'abisso, affrettati” from Un Ballo in Maschera by Giuseppe Verdi)

12. “Somewhere Above the Sun Shines Bright” – Christine
(“Non so le tetre immagini” from Il Corsaro by Giuseppe Verdi)

13. “Born with a Monstrous Countenance” – Persian
(“Mentre gonfiarsi l'anima” from Attila by Giuseppe Verdi)

14. “In the Shadows, Dim and Dreary” – Raoul & Persian
(“Deserto sulla terra” from Il Trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi)

15. “What an Awful Way to Perish” – Faust, Persian, Madam Giry, Richard, Jammes & Raoul
(“Chi mi frena in tal momento” from Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti)

16. “Ne'er Forsake Me, Here Remain” – Phantom 
17. “Ne'er Forsake Me, Here Remain” (Reprise) – Phantom & Christine
(“Avant de quitter ces lieux” from Faustby Charles Gounod)

18. “He Will Not Go Without a Friend” – Company
(“Alla vita è sempre ugual“ from Don Giuvanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

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Gaston Leroux

Gaston Leroux

Gaston Leroux (1868-1927) was a French journalist and author of detective fiction. In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel The Phantom of the Opera (Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, 1910), which has been made into several film and stage productions of the ...

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